Ethiopia - The recent mass expulsion of over 150,000 irregular Ethiopian migrants from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia highlighted the human challenges posed by people smuggling in the Horn of Africa. The...

Switzerland - IOM has welcomed a USD 5 million donation from the Government of Kuwait that will provide a lifeline for thousands of Syrians impacted by the conflict, which began in 2012 and is now affecting...

Iraq - IOM and Iraq’s Ministry of Interior have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on expanding and strengthening Iraq’s community policing programme. Since 2003, building a modern...

Somalia - Ahmed Hassan Roba, aged 72, spent six years stranded in Puntland, Somalia after unsuccessfully trying to cross the Gulf of Aden to find a job in Saudi Arabia. “I left my home in Ethiopia and...

Angola - IOM Angola has received USD 1 million from the Government of Japan to facilitate the safe voluntary return of at least 1,950 Angolans from neighbouring countries to their places of origin in Angola....

Nepal - Remittances from overseas workers are an economic lifeline in Nepal, last year amounting to around USD 4.75 billion, or 25 per cent of the country’s annual GDP – the highest rate among South Asian...

Costa Rica - The IOM Regional Office in San José, in partnership with the Dutch Embassy, are hosting a photo exhibit featuring the work of world renowned photographer Kadir van Lohuizen. The exhibit, entitled...

Paraguay - IOM Paraguay this week organized two training workshops for the country’s migration and border officials on migration management and detection of false travel documents. The first event, held...

Analysis IOM Runs Worldwide Information Campaign on the Contribution of Migrants IOM is currently conducting a worldwide campaign on the positive Contribution of Migrants. It intends to correct common...

Ethiopia - IOM Ethiopia has moved some 57,000 South Sudanese refugees from the South Sudan border to camps inside Ethiopia since violence broke out between South Sudan’s government and opposition forces...

Ethiopia - IOM Ethiopia has moved some 57,000 South Sudanese refugees from the South Sudan border to camps inside Ethiopia since violence broke out between South Sudan’s government and opposition forces...

Rwanda - IOM has handed over to the Rwandan government the final tranche of a four-year programme that has helped over 11,000 returnees from neighbouring countries and vulnerable people in host communities...

Rwanda - IOM has handed over to the Rwandan government the final tranche of a four-year programme that has helped over 11,000 returnees from neighbouring countries and vulnerable people in host communities...

Mozambique - IOM has received USD 1 million from Japan to improve displacement tracking and disaster preparedness in Mozambique’s southern province of Gaza, which was badly affected by flooding in 2013....

Mozambique - IOM has received USD 1 million from Japan to improve displacement tracking and disaster preparedness in Mozambique’s southern province of Gaza, which was badly affected by flooding in 2013....

Somalia - IOM, in collaboration with UNICEF and the Ministry of Women’s Development and Family Affairs (MoWDFA), has organized a training in Puntland, Somalia on assistance to and referral of victims...

Somalia - IOM, in collaboration with UNICEF and the Ministry of Women’s Development and Family Affairs (MoWDFA), has organized a training in Puntland, Somalia on assistance to and referral of victims...

Analysis “The CAR is facing a humanitarian, social, and economic crisis which is affecting the region at large. The outbreak of fighting between ex-Seleka and anti-Balaka forces in the beginning of September...

Analysis “The CAR is facing a humanitarian, social, and economic crisis which is affecting the region at large. The outbreak of fighting between ex-Seleka and anti-Balaka forces in the beginning of September...